Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8060W

Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC

03 February 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Shares are held by the relevant custodian(s)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	2 February 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	3 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
0427030	2,567,917	3.36962%			2,172,748		2.82330%
GB0004270301

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,172,748	2.82330%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited, as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme ("BTPS") controls Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund Managers Limited ("HFML").  HFML is the parent undertaking of Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited ("HEOS").  (voting rights: 2.82330%)* * This notification is being made in respect of HEOS, which is an indirect holder of shares for the purpose of DTR5.2.1(h) as a result of control of voting rights in relation to such shares.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See Comment in Section 9.
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	See Comment in Section 9.
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	See Comment in Section 9.

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	James Sherry
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7702 6110

 

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